Tips on what we have learned in Earth Sciences:

- lecturecasting in the field varies tremendously based on the filed objectives and the style of teaching by individual field leader. It needs individual approach.

- shadowing a lecturer is a skill – you don’t get the Attenborough effect by having one camera, one PhD student operator and “one shot” at the action!

- field participants get in your way all the time – they don’t stay still and move into your frame when least desired. At times the “crowds” just don’t allow you to get a good filming spot.

- terrain type and weather conditions can be challenging for taking smooth recording with the best exposure. You cannot come back to the locality when the sun is in the right position!

- ambient noise and more noise. There is the kind you cannot control, like the wind or waves and the kind you try to minimize – that being students going about doing their observations.

- operator’s errors – these vary from batteries that run out of juice in the middle of recording to fast panning and zooming in and out of the frame.

- time is working against you. Fieldwork is planned to a very rigid timetable – hardly ever you get a chance to do a second take!

- budget for post-production video editing – the extent of it will vary, often depending on who will have access to view the material. In ALL cases you will need to do some degree of editing.
- avoid using the YouTube auto-stabilizer – makes the video wavy and induces a form of sea sickness!